Sanitary toilet seat cover

ABSTRACT

This invention provides a sanitary toilet seat cover carrying an adhesive-bearing patch at the forward end located on the fold line of the cover so that the toilet seat cover may be retained in position during use.

[451 Dec. 3, 1974 SANITARY TOILET SEAT COVER Inventor: Haruko Aoyama,539 Stratford Pl.,

Apt. 201, Chicago, 111. 60657 Filed: Nov. 19, 1973 Appl. No.2 416,995

US. Cl. 4/243, 4/242 lint. C1. A47k 13/14, A47k 13/16 Field of Search4/242, 243, 244, 245, 247

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 10/1910 Slough 4/245 10/1929Wi11iams.... 4/243 1/1930 Dewaide 4/243 1,776,333 9/1930 Oates 4/2431,835,787 12/1931 Knisely 4/243 2,025,941 12/1935 Dunne" 4/243 2,200,3945/1940 Leslie 4/243 2,313,311 3/1943 Arter, Jr. et a1. 4/243 PrimaryExaminerHenry K. Artis Attorney, Agent, or Firm1-1ofgren, Wegner, Allen,Steilman & McCord [5 7] ABSTRACT This invention provides a sanitarytoilet seat cover carrying an adhesive-bearing patch at the forward endlocated on the fold line of the cover so that the toilet seat cover maybe retained in position during use.

2 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures SANITARY TOILET SEAT COVER BACKGROUND OF THEINVENTION Toilet seat covers have been available for a number of years.Such seat covers generally comprise a single sheet of paper of a size tocover the toilet seat, and are provided with a cutout central portiondetachably secured at one end to the outer portion so that when thetoilet seat cover is in place and the detachable portion severed, thecentral portion hangs down into the bowl to aid in drawing the seatcover down the drain when the toilet is flushed. Toilet seat covers asheretofore provided, were of 'very light weight paper so that theycouldbe easily flushed without danger of clogging the drain, butpossessing the inherent drawback of being readily displaceable from thedesired position covering the toilet seat before the user could assume aseated position. It is obvious, of course, that when the sanitary toiletseat covers of the prior art shifted position before the user wasseated, the primary purpose and function of the seat cover was defeated.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, thereis provided a sanitary toilet seat cover which is provided with anopening in the front portion, i.e., that part of the cover to overliethe front portion of the toilet seat, and the upper side of such frontportion carries an adhesivebearing patch, which in turn covers theopening. Additionally, the toilet seat cover is folded to provide acompact package with the folds including a center fold extending fromfront to rear of the cover and bisecting the opening.

Because of this construction, the folded toilet seat cover may beunfolded with the portions of the adhesive exposed through the opening(which were in faceto-face contact when the cover was folded) beingseparable so as to provide an adhesive area which can be pressed againstthe front portion of the toilet seat, thereby to secure the cover inposition.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. I is an elevational view of anormal toilet showing the seat cover of the present invention in place;

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the seat cover of the present invention incompletely folded condition;

FIG. 3 is a view like FIG. 2 showing the seat cover in partiallyunfolded condition;

FIG. 4 is a top elevational view showing the cover in position on atoilet;

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view along the line 5-5 of FIG. d; and

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the underside of the frontportion of the toilet seat cover.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now to thedrawings, there is shown a normal toilet 110 which includes a tank 11, abowl 12, a lid 13, and a toilet seat 14. In the particular embodimentshown, the toilet seat 14 forms a complete annulus, although in manypublic toilets the front portion is broken away for sanitary reasons.

Usable in conjunction with the toilet seat 14 is the seat toilet seatcover 15 of the present invention comprising form an outer annularportion 17 having a size and shape to overlie the seat 14. Also definedby cuts in the sheet 16 is an inner central portion 18 detachablysecured at its front edge 19 to the inner edge of the annulus and whenin place hangs down into the bowl from its rear edge 20.

To provide a package small enough for carrying or dispensing, the sheet16 is folded along the fold lines 21, 22 and 23, and along a center foldline 24. When completely folded, a compact package such as shown in FIG.2 is provided. As indicated in the drawings, the center fold line 24extends from the front portion 25 of the annulus to the rear portion 26thereof.

Located in the front portion 24 of the sheet 16 there is provided anopening-27 spaced from the edge 28 of the sheet and bisected by thecenter fold 24. On the upper surface of the sheet there is provided apatch 28 which covers the opening and carries on one face a pressureresponsive adhesive. The adhesive adheres to the upper surface of thesheet 16 in the area surrounding the opening 27 and preferably the patchpossesses the same soluble or disintegrable in water characteristics ofthe sheet 16 so that neither the sheet nor the patch will cause anyproblems in sewer or septic systems.

As can be seen from FIG. 6, when the patch 28 is in place over theopening 27, a portion 29 of the pressure responsive adhesive is exposedthrough the opening.

The opening 27 has a diameter of from one-eighth in. to one-fourth in.and preferably a diameter of threeeighths in.

In the construction described, it will be clear that when the sheet isin the folded condition of FIG. 2, the exposed portion 29 of theadhesive is bisected by the center fold line 24 and the portions are inface-to-face contact. Thus, when the sheet is completely unfolded, theadhesive faces pull apart or separate so that the portion 29 may bepressed against the upper side of the toilet seat (or the upper side ofthe bowl if the seat is broken in front) to secure the toilet seat coverin position. The advantages of the construction described are believedto be obvious, i.e., the seat cover is anchored in position so that itwill not shift after being placed in position and the patch 28 subjectedto downward finger pressure to cause the exposed adhesive-bearing patch29 to adhere to the toilet. As the exposed adhesive portions are inface-to-face contact when the cover is in folded condition, it may beeasily unfolded for use, a situation which would not exist if theadhesive-bearing portion 29 was in contact with the thin paper of thecover. By locating the opening 27 on the center fold line, thisobjective is achieved. Additionally, the size of the opening isimportant in that it must be large enough to make a sufficiently largeadhesive-bearing portion available to adhere to the toilet, and yet notso large as to prevent the contacting adhesive-bearing faces when infolded condition from being separated when the center fold is unfolded.

It will, of course, be obvious that the patch 28 may be given adistinctive appearance such as by a bright color or even a floralpattern to make it readily observable.

As previously noted, the adhesive carried by the patch 28 is provided toadhere to the. forward portion of the toilet, i.e., the toilet seat inthose fixtures having a complete seat and to the forward upper surfaceof the bowl in those instances where the toilet seat is broken away atthe front portion, i.e., is not continuous.

I claim:

1. A sanitary toilet seat cover comprising, a single sheet of paper orthe like cut to form an outer annular portion of a size and shape tooverlie a toilet seat, said sheet having an inner central portiondetachably secured at one end to an inner edge of the annulus, saidsheet being folded to provide at least a center fold extending from thefront portion of the annulus to the rear portion thereof, an opening insaid front portion or annulus bisected by said center fold, said openinghaving a diameter of from one-eighth to one-fourth inch, and anadhesive-bearing patch adhesively secured to the upper surface of saidfront portion and covering the opening whereby pressure on said patchwill cause the adhesive exposed through said opening to adhere to thefront portion of the toilet to secure the seat cover in place.

2. A sanitary toilet seat cover comprising, a single sheet of paper orthe like cut to form an outer annular portion of a size and shape tooverlie a toilet seat, said sheet having an inner central portiondetachably secured at one end to an inner edge of the annulus, saidsheet being folded to provide at least a center fold extending from thefront portion of the annulus to the rear portion thereof, an opening insaid front portion or annulus bisected by said center fold, said openinghaving a diameter of approximately three-eighths inch, and anadhesive-bearing patch adhesively secured to the upper surface of saidfront portion and covering the opening, said patch being of materialsoluble or disintegrable in water, whereby pressure on said patch willcause the adhesive exposed through said opening to adhere to the frontportion of the toilet to secure the seat cover in place.

1. A sanitary toilet seat cover comprising, a single sheet of paper orthe like cut to form an outer annular portion of a size and shape tooverlie a toilet seat, said sheet having an inner central portiondetachably secured at one end to an inner edge of the annulus, saidsheet being folded to provide at least a center fold extending from thefront portion of the annulus to the rear portion thereof, an opening insaid front portion or annulus bisected by said center fold, said openinghavIng a diameter of from one-eighth to one-fourth inch, and anadhesive-bearing patch adhesively secured to the upper surface of saidfront portion and covering the opening whereby pressure on said patchwill cause the adhesive exposed through said opening to adhere to thefront portion of the toilet to secure the seat cover in place.
 2. Asanitary toilet seat cover comprising, a single sheet of paper or thelike cut to form an outer annular portion of a size and shape to overliea toilet seat, said sheet having an inner central portion detachablysecured at one end to an inner edge of the annulus, said sheet beingfolded to provide at least a center fold extending from the frontportion of the annulus to the rear portion thereof, an opening in saidfront portion or annulus bisected by said center fold, said openinghaving a diameter of approximately three-eighths inch, and anadhesive-bearing patch adhesively secured to the upper surface of saidfront portion and covering the opening, said patch being of materialsoluble or disintegrable in water, whereby pressure on said patch willcause the adhesive exposed through said opening to adhere to the frontportion of the toilet to secure the seat cover in place.